At the end of January, Greece saw its 3rd International Film Festival take place at the Alimos “Karolos Koun” Municipal Theatre in Athens, with the likes of Sir Ian McKellen and Jason Watkins winning awards.
At the closing ceremony, the awards for the best short, medium and feature films took place, which saw both Sir Ian McKellen awarded a gong for Best Voice Over and Jason Watkins a Best Actor award for their performances in the Short Film ‘The One Note Man’ directed by Greek director George Siougas.
Films that had their world, European and Greek premieres were screened, with Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Video Clip themes. Also participating in the competition were Short and Feature Film Screenplays, Theatrical Plays and Photographs.
A highlight of the festival were the talks given by directors Mary Kolonia (Armchair on the Pavement), Fivos Imellos (Wings), Alexandros Kakouris and Giorgos Dellis, (Xenia), Vassilis Economou and Sofia Stavrakaki (The Trojan Women).
During the festival ‘The Trojan Women’ was presented with Greek subtitles SDH so that it could be watched by hearing impaired and deaf viewers.
There is an open call for the 4th Open Air Greece International Film Festival at this Summer in Athens.
Submit your film, video, script, theatrical play and photography:
https://filmfreeway.com/GIFFestival
A full list of the winners is included below this video roundup. It is always wonderful to see festivals from around the world thrive and contribute to a worldwide love of cinema.
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Here is the complete award winners list;
BEST SHORT FILM
THE ONE NOTE MAN (Oscar Shortlist)
GEORGE SIOUGAS
BEST MID-LENGTH FILM
SFENDYLI
MICHALIS BASTAKIS
BEST FEATURE FILM
THE TROJAN WOMEN
VASSILIS ECONOMOU, SOFIA STAVRAKAKI, DAVID CORREIA, KRZYSZTOF TUSIEWICZ
BEST ACTOR
JASON WATKINS (BAFTA Award Winner)
THE ONE NOTE MAN
BEST VOICE OVER
IAN MCKELLEN (BAFTA Award Winner and Nominated for 2 Oscars)
THE ONE NOTE MAN
BEST ADAPTED THEATRICAL PLAY
ELINA DARAKLITSA
THE TROJAN WOMEN
BEST DIRECTOR
ONUR AKŞIT
PLAYBACK
BEST DIRECTOR (DEBUT)
ZIYANG LIU
AN UNOFFICIAL SPACE MISSION
BEST DIRECTOR (STUDENT)
LILY ANDREWS
THE END
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
ALEXANDER KAKOURIS
XÉNIA
BEST ACTRESS
DESPINA KOURTI
WINGS
BEST ANIMATION
THE BOY AND THE OWL
MÁRIO GAJO DE CARVALHO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
OUR ROAD
VALASIA DODULU
BEST PRODUCTION
THE ARMCHAIR ON THE PAVEMENT
MARY KOLONIA
BEST ART PRODUCTION
LYUBIMA
MAYA VITKOVA
BEST D.O.P.
A CHRISTMAS OF 1945
FABIO ROSI
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
MY FATHERS DAUGHTER
DAMIEN MICHAEL AULSBERRY
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
A SAINT AND THE SINNER
SIMON ILIOPOULOS
BEST THEATRICAL PLAY
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
LAUREN FOLEY
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
TRANSPORTING IN ELEGANCE
CHRIS POULIOS
Support by Municipality of Alimos (Athens, Greece).
